Author: Alexandre Varel

Candidate for the presidential election on October 25 in Côte d’Ivoire, businessman Jean-Louis Billon, leader of Sifca, the country’s most powerful private group, is preparing to campaign for this election. In this exclusive interview with Financial Afrik, the former Minister of Commerce, Handicrafts and SME Promotion in the Kablan Duncan government discusses his project, his economic program, the situation of the PDCI-RDA, and his disagreements with Tidjane Thiam. Interview conducted by Alexandre Varel. You are campaigning for the presidential election on October 25 at the head of the Democratic Congress (CODE), a coalition of about twenty formations. Do you plan…

A few days after his candidacy for the presidential election on October 25 in Côte d’Ivoire was rejected by the Constitutional Council, Tidjane Thiam flew to the United States in mid-September to discuss the political situation in his country and defend his position. The former head of Credit Suisse and president of PDCI-RDA notably met...

For several weeks, lawyer Mathias Chichportich has been active in international media, as well as in several defense procedures for his client, Ivorian Tidjane Thiam. Barred from running in the presidential election on October 25th, after his candidacy was rejected by the Ivorian Constitutional Council on September 8th, the leader of the Democratic Party of...